It was a very hot summer, almost 2 degrees above average, making it the hottest summer since 2005. But of course without these last 3 relatively cool weeks at the end, it would have been even warmer overall. There was a big difference between the daytime highs and nighttime lows, the daily maximum temperatures were only a degree above average while the daily minimum temperatures were a full 2.5 degrees above.
As far as precipitation, we had 314.6 mm compared to an average of 274.0 mm, this is still within the average range, albeit on the high end. The rain was not evenly distributed as 4 days accounted for over half of the season's precipitation.
In the UW weather station Summer 2010 poll, it seemed that a lot of people liked the weather we had during the summer. The results were that 42% called it great, 31% good, 8% OK, 6% bad, and 10% called it a total washout. Thanks to the 179 people who entered the poll.
Interestingly, although last summer was very different weather-wise, the poll results this year were pretty much exactly the same as last year. Does this mean that certain people will always love or hate the summer no matter what the weather? And that there are the same number of people that like the hotter summers as like the cooler summers?
Summary for Summer 2010:
Maximum Temperature 33.1 °C
Minimum Temperature 4.0 °C
Average Daily High Temperature 25.3 °C (Long term average 24.2 °C)
Average Daily Low Temperature 14.6 °C (Long term average 12.2 °C)
Total Precipitation 311.4 mm (Long term average 274.0 mm)
(Long term averages based on 1971-2000 data for the Waterloo Wellington Airport)
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